Sewing-machine.



J. C. MOORE.

SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 24, 1908.

Patented Dec. 24, 1912 3 SHEETS-SHEET1.

J. G. MOORE.

SEWING MACHINE.

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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24. 1908.

Patented Dec. 24, 1912.

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J'EHU e. MOORE, or nnw YORK, N. Y

SEWING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1912.

Application filed December 24, 1908. Serial No. 469,144.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ,EJEHU C. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in- Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improve-- ments'in that class of -mechanisms which are particularly designed and adapted for use in blind-stitching, overseaming, or similar work, and has for its object, in part, to provide a mechanism of this general character of asimple and comparatively inexpensive nature having a novel and improved construction ofcombined back guide and presser foot capable of operation not only to press the work upon the feed, but also adapted to pres nt the work accurately to thestitch formlng mechanism the liability of the needle penetrating the work and expos ing the stitch upon the outer surface thereof, and. in part, to provide novel and improved guiding means for effectively guiding the work to the stitch forming mechanism.

.The invention has for an object to provide a novel mechanism, of this general character having a work holding member constituting a combined presser foot and back guide operable to press the work upon a driven feed member and to, guide such work past the stitch forming mechanism during sewing, wherein manually controlled means is provided for pressing such work holding member toward said driven feed 'member to press the work thereon and assure effective feed of the work during sewing.

The invention also has for an object to provide a novel mechanism for blind-stitching, overseaming, or similar work having a workholding member constituting a comher and to guide such work past the stitch. forming mechanism during sewing, wherein bined presser foot and backguide operable to press the work upon a driven feed memmanually controlled means is provided for moving said Work holding member across the work plate into or out 'of operative position above the driven feed member so as to facilitate the positioning of the work for sewing, and its removal from the machine.

A still further object of the invent-ion is to provide a novel mechanism of the general -the manipulation of important advantages are attained, and the less expen- .sive and more compact, and otherwise better .adapted and more convenient for use, all as character set forth above wherein a single manually controlled means is provided, having the joint functions of moving the work holding member across the work plate into orout of operative position above the driven feed member, and of pressing such work holding membertoward the said feed memberto press the work thereon, so that the work during. its application to the machine and removal therefrom, and the efiective presentation of such work to the stitch forming mechanism and work feeding means of the machine may be the more conveniently accomplished by the operator.

The invention also contemplates certain novel features of the construction, and combinations and arrangements of the several parts of the improved blind stitching or overseaming mechanism, whereby certain mechanism is rendered simpler,

will be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the claims. r

In order that my invention may be the better understood I will now proceed to describe the, same'with. reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein I have illustrated my improvements applied for use in an overseaming or blind stitching mechanism similar to that described and claimed in my prior United States Letters Patent, No. 740,298, dated September 29, 1903.

In these drawings-Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of the improved blind stitching or overseamin mechanism with the combined presser oot and back guide adjusted laterally away from the stitch forming mechanism in position to permit of being engaged with the work or disengaged therefrom; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the combined presser foot and back guide adjusted toward the stitch forming mechanism in the position assumed by it during use; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional, elevation of the improved overseaming or blind stitching mechanism, the combined-presser foot and back guide adjusted in position to present the the feeding means and to the stitch forming mechanism, the needle being elevated; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view, showing the showing work to combined presser foot and back guide raised from its operative position to permit the insertion of the work beneath it; Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional plan View, somewhat similar to Fig. 2, but illustrating the operation of the guiding means. Fig. 6 is a frontedge View of the guiding means illustrated in Fig. 5, showing the relation thereof to the combined presser foot and back guide, and Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the guiding means detached and in side elevation.

In theseviews I have shown my improvements applied to a sewing machine having a table 1, above the top surface of which the machine frame is supported as shown at 2, so that the work plate 3, over which the work to be sewed is fed by the feeding means 4, is elevated above the top surface of said table and is spaced apart therefrom, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, to permit the lower ends of trousers, etc., to be more conveniently stitched, the trousers leg being opened and arranged to surround the elevated work plate 3, as indicated in Fig. 1, so that the stitching may be conveniently accomplished by simple turning of the trousers leg around the work plate, such as can be quickly and accurately effected by the feed with but little care or attention on the part of the operator.

5 represents the needle bar, and 7 the nee- I dle carried thereby, while 8 represents a needle clamp held in position on said needle bar by means of a nut 12 and provided with a screw 10 for securing the needle in place.

16 represents an upright tubular casing erected above the work plate alongside the needle bar 5, and containing a rotatable cam member 18 having vertically directed cam grooves 17, 17 adapted to be alternately traversed by a pin or projection 15 carried by an extension 14 of the needle clamp 8, said cam member 18 being arranged to actuate a pusher 19, by means of which the work is, at suitable intervals, pushed out of the line of stitch, so as to permit the overseaming. The construction and arrangement of the cam member 18, and the means whereby the pusher 19 is actuated therefrom form no part of my present invention, and for ,this reason I have not illustrated these features in detail herein. The detailed construction may, if desired, be similar to that set forth in my prior patent aforesaid.

20 represents the work holding member which constitutes the combined presser foot and back guide hereinbefore mentioned, and which, in the construction herein" shown, replaces and performs not only the function of a presser foot for holding the work pressed securely upon the feeding means 4 so as to insure effective feeding of such work, thereby permitting of dispensing altogether with the usual presser foot ordinarily provided insewing machines, but also pe'rforms ceftain other functions and presents certain important advantages, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth. As shown in the drawings, this work holding member or combined presser foot and back guide 20 is formed from flattened metal, and is directed horizontally so as to be capable of insertion between two superposed plies of the work, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, and is adapted to stand, during the use of the mechanism in sewing, in position opposite to the stitch forming mechanism and above the feeding means 4, so that the work will be effectively pressed upon the same to insure practical feeding.

The member 20 has' an edge portion or surface 22 which is adapted for close contact at one side of a fold or bend produced'in the work, when said member is inserted be- .tween the plies of the folded work, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, and when said member isengaged with the folded work and positioned over the feeding means 4, as indicated in Fig. 3, said edge portion or surface 22 is positioned opposite to the needle,

and affords a back guide adapted to effectively guide the work in position for accurate presentation to the needle, the feeding means 4 being adapted to feed the work lengthwise along said edge surface or back guide 22 so as to permit theblind stitching or overseaming to be accomplished with great rapidity along the fold in the work without liability of such lateral shifting of the work as would permit the needle to penetrate the work and expose the stitch at the outer surface thereof.

The edge surface 22 of the plate or member 20 which serves as the back guide, as above stated, is recessed or notched out at an intermediate point, as indicated at 21 upon the drawings, such notch or recess 21 being opposite the vertical path of the needle in sewing, and being adapted to permit operation of the pusher 19 in pushing or shifting the work laterally out of line with the stitch forming mechanism during use of the device in overseaming. WVhere my improvements are applied to a blind stitchmg mechanism not intended for overseaming, the pusher may, of course. be omitted,

of its length may stand at a suitableelevation above the work' plate during sewing,

part produced at the upper end of a pivotal or rotatory stem 26, as indicated in dotted lines as 27 in Figs. 1 and 2, a-Washer 28 and screw 29 being provided for holdin said supporting arm fixedly upon sai squared part of stem 26, so as to compel said arm to partake of the pivotal or rocking movement of the stem as will be hereinafter explained.

The stem 26 is mounted "for pivotal or turning movement in a vertically extended bearing portion 30, so positioned upon the frame 2 of the machine that the work holding member 20 is adapted, when said stem is rocked in one direction, to be swung or moved from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in order that said member 20 may be inserted between the .folds or plies of the work and that such workmay be moved over in line with the stitch forming mechanism in position for sewing, and when the stem 26 is reversely rocked, said member 20 is swung across the work plate in the opposite direction, from the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 to that shown in Fig. 1, in order'that said member 20 may be withdrawn from between the folds or plies of the work, and that the work may be removed from the machine. The stem 26 is also capable of a certain extent of'vertical movement within the bearing portion 30, so that when said stem is turned or rocked in a direction to withdraw. the member 20 from its position above the feeding means "4 to the retracted position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the said stem 26 may simultaneously be moved upwardly in the direction of its length to lift the member 20 above the work plate to the position shown in Fig. 4, and

for imparting such endwise movement to said stem 26, I provide the lower end thereof with a reduced headed part 34, with which is engaged the flattened end portion 35 of a lever 36, fulcrumedat 37 upon the.

- machine frame, the opposite end portion of the lever 36 being-connected, as shown at 38, with a link 39 affording a connection between said lever 36 and an actuating, lever 40, herein shown made in the form of a treadle adapted to be conveniently pressed by the foot of the operator for controlling and actuating the member 20 which constitutes thecombined presser foot and back guide. 1

31 represents a spiral or inclined cam slot produced in the bearing portion 30. wherein.

the stem 26 turns and slides endwise, and said stem 26 is provided with a projecting pin or screw 32 which is engaged in said spiral' cam slot 31 in such a manner as to compel turning movement of the stem 26 in unison with the longitudinal or endwise movement thereof within the bearing portion 30, so that as the actuating lever or treadle 40 is moved to compel endwise movement of said stem as above described, said stem will be simultaneously turned or rocked within said bearing portion 30.

By this construction, premising that the parts stand in the inactive position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the member 20, constituting the combined presser foot and back gulde being withdrawn laterally from its operative position above the feeding means 4, to

a distance suflicient to permit the folded part of the work to be positioned upon the work plat-e between its guide surface 22' and the stitch forming mechanism, and being atthe same time slightly elevated above the work plate 3, if the work, as for example, a trousers leg, be engaged over the work plate with its folded lower edge. portion flush upon the work plate between the guide sur- "face 22 of the member 20 and the stitch forming mechanism, and the actuating lever br treadle 40 be operated, it willbe seen that the downward endwise and turning movematerial, will be accurately inserted between the uppermost folds or plies atthe loweredge of the trousers leg, after .which the farther movement of said member 20 toward the stitch forming mechanism will serve to press or move the work positively toward the needle, and at the same time'to'press the folded portion of the work securely uponthe feeding means'4, thereby insuring effective feeding of the work and at the same time accurately positioning the work to receive the stitch, and when the lever or treadle 40 is reversely moved, and stem 26 is reversely moved endwise and rocked within the bearing portion 30 it is evident that the member 20 will be withdrawn from its operative position. above the feeding means and adjacent to the stitch forming'mechani sm, and will be swung laterally toits in- .active position shown in Figs. 1 and 4, being simultaneously lifted above the work'plate in such a way that it is automatically withdrawn from between the folds or plies of the from the work plate. Such reverse'movement of the actuating lever or treadle 40 and connected parts may be conveniently efiected by weighting the partsso as to cause work, so that the'latte'r may be freely-lifted them to automatically resume a retracted or inactive position after the pressure of the foot upon the treadle is relaxed.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the lower end of the spiral or inclined cam slot 31 in the bearing portion 30 is formed with a vertical extension 33, and when the actuating lever or treadle 40 has been depressed so as to apply the member 20 in operative position over the feeding means 4, the pin or screw 32 of stem 26 will pass beyond the lower end of the inclined cam slot 31, and will enter the vertically directed extension 33 thereof, so that pivotal or swinging movement of the stem 26 and member 20 will cease, but a certain extent of farther vertical movement of these parts is still permitted, during which the pin or screw 32 travels vertically in the extension 33 of said cam slot, and the member 20 is pressed with gradually increasing force toward the feeding means 4. By this arrangement of the parts, the supporting arm 23 while somewhat resilient is possessed of the necessary strength and stiffness, and it will be evident that the pressure with which the work is held against the feeding means is capable of being conveniently and effectively controlled and varied by the operator, and said pres sure may be adjusted to accord with the nature of the work in hand without interruption of the sewing or interference with the free use of both hands. Such control of the pressure with which the work is presented to the feed may prove of considerable advantage in sewing heavy materials, or in forcing the seamed portions of ,trousers legs and the like past the stitch forming mechanism.

"41 represents a bracket pendent from the angular end portion 24 of the supporting arm 23, and 42 represents a stop, herein shown as made in the form of'a screw having adjustable threaded connection with the bracket 41, and having its tip adapted for engagement against an edge of the work plate 3, when the arm 23 is swung pivotally to present the work holding member 20 in operative position above the feeding means, so as to permit a slight extent of adjustment of the swinging movement of said member 20' toward the stitch forming mechanism. However, when the parts are once set for practical operation, it will not ordinarily be needful to have recourse to such adjustment. The employment of this adjustable stop or screw 42 is not essential to my invention. When it is provided, the cam slot 31, and more particularly, its vertical ex tension 33, should, of course, be sufficiently wide to permit the required movement of the pinor screw 32. I

In connection with the combined presser foot and back guide above described, and the means for actuating and controlling the same, I have also shown the improved machine provided with certain novel means for guiding and directing the work to the point of stitch, and as herein shown, such guiding means comprises an attaching plate 45 held by suitable fastenings at 46, 46 upon the base plate 47 of the upright casing 16, and provlded with an upturned integral extension 48, from the upper end of which is directed an overhanging extension 49, spaced above the work late 3 of the machine at an elevation su cient to permit the free passage of the folded work beneath it, as clearly indicated in Fig. 6.

The extension 48 has an angular part or member 50 integrally produced upon it and adapted to project laterally therefrom across the feeding means 4, so as to form an auxiliary top guide which is spaced above the feeding means 4 at an elevation sufliclent to permit the folded work and the member 20, constituting the combined presser foot and back guide, and interposed between the plies of such folded work to be conveniently inserted between said auxiliary top guide and the feeding means 4. The auxiliary guide or member 50 is of such resilience as to be adapted to press the work accurately upon the top surface of the plate or member 20, and to retain the upper ply of such work closely drawn over the back guide afforded by the edge surface 22 of said plate or member 20, de-

spite ordinary variations in the thickness of the work, and to facilitate the'insert on of the work beneath said auxiliary guide or a notch or recess 51 corresponding in posi-' tion with the notch or recess 21 of the plate or member '20 which constitutes the combined presser foot and back guide, and adapted to permit the operation of the pusher 19 in pushing or shifting the work laterally out of line with the stitch forming mechanism during use of the device in overseaming, and the extremity 52 of said auxiliary'member or top guide 50, beyond the needle, has a pendent edge portion 53 which is adapted for such slight engagement with the folded work at the surface thereof opposite to the back guide as is desirable to insure rectilinear movement of the work across the work plateunder the influence of the feeding means. The extent of projection of this pendent edge portion 53, where the same is employed, will not, however, usumember 50, when the plate or member 20 is ally be sufficient to interfere with the passage of seams beneath the auxiliary member or guide 50.

54 represents a yielding guide member, which is herein shown as made in the form of a narrow elongated metal spring, one end of which is secured as shown at 55 upon-the upturned endportion 48 of the attaching plate 45, and the opposite free end of which is directed from its point of attachment toward the point of stitch, and is adapted to bear by its own resilience upon the surface of the, folded Work opposite to the back guide afforded by the edge surface 22 of the member 20 in such a manner as to'hold the 'work closely up against the back guide during its movement along the same under the influence of the feed, in order that the stitch may be accurately positioned within the thickness of the folded material, and may not penetrate the same so as to be visible upon the outer side thereof. The guide member 54 being resilient, while the back guide is adapted to be held against the work with comparative rigidity, it will be apparent that saidv resilient guide member 54 is adapted to accommodate itself automatically to materials of different thickness, and is,-capable of being freely flexed, as indicated in Fig. 5, upon contact with seams and the like, so that such seams will in no way interfere with the operation of the parts during practical use of the mechanism. Even should the member 54 have considerable stiflness, and the seam be of considerable thickness, the control afforded over the pressure with which the work is forced upon the feed, as hereinbefore described, will serve to insure the said member 54. -The embodiment of my invention herein shown and described is particularly well passage of the seam past adapted for use in stitching-the turned up.

lower ends of trousers, and since the trousers are, of course, wrong side out upon the completion of the longitudinal leg seams thereof, I have shown the parts herein adapted for employment in stitchlng the lower ends of the trousers without requiring them to be previously turned right side out ashas heretofore been customary, a material economy in time being thereby assured. To permit this to be done, the lower ends of the trousers should be folded in the three plies shown in the drawings, the ply having the raw edge being lowermost, and restin upon thework plate of the machine, and as such raw edge should, in practice, project slightly beyond the-fold of the material between the two uppermost plies, I have shown the lower edge of the resilient guide member '54 elevated abovethe work plate sufficiently to permit the passage of such projecting, raw edge beneath it.

The construction of the mechanism with the member 20 which constitutes'the combined presser foot and back guide pivoted upon the work plate of the machine, and

adapted for movement across and closely adjacent to the same is also of material advantage in a machine for overseaming trousers legs, since it permits the trousers legs to be readily engaged over the end of the work plate with the trousers material covering the retracted member 20, so that the latter is positioned for introduction between the folds or plies of the work during ,its travel along the inner surface of such material when the treadle 40 is operated. This introduction of the plate or member 20 between the plies of the folded work, and the movement of the work up to the stitch form ing mechanism when said plate or.member 20 has been so introduced, renders the improved mechanism very convenient during use, and afl'ords an important economy in time.

From the above description of my invention it will be evident that the improved blind stitching or overseaming mechanism constructed in'accordance therewith is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature, and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the accuracy and efficiency of 1ts operation and of the convenience with which the work may be applied and removed, and it will also be obvious from the above description that the mechanism is capable of some modification without material departure from the principles and spirit of the invention, and for this reason I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise formation and arrangement of theseveral parts herein set forth in carrying out my invention in' practice.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i 1. A sewing machine having stitch forming mechanism, ,work feeding means including a driven feed member, and a member constituting a combined presser foot and back guide insertible within a fold of the work and adapted to press such work upon the feed member and having a surface afi'ording a back guide adapted to be positioned adjacent to the stitch forming mechanism, said feed member being adapted to feed the work longitudinally along said back guide,

and manually controlled means operable to A press such combined presser foot and back guide toward the feed member to press the work thereon. I

2. A sewing machine having stitch forming mechanism, work feeding means including a driven feed member, and a member constituting acombined presser foot and back guide insertible within a fold of the work and adapted to press such work in conedge surface affording a back guide adapted tact with the feed member and having an to be positionedadjacent t0 the stitch forming mechanism and provided with a recess opposite to such mechanism, said feed memher being adapted to feed the work longitudinally along said back guide.

3. A sewing machine having a work plate,

stitch forming mechanism, work feeding means including a driven feed member, a combined presser foot and back guide movable across the work plate into and out of operative position above the feed member and adapted, when positioned above such feed member, to press the work thereon and to guide such work past the stitch forming mechanism, and manually controlled means operable to move the combined presser foot and back guide across the work plate into and out of operative position above said feed member.

4. A sewing machine having stitch forming. mechanism, work feeding means including a driven feed member, a member constituting a combined presser foot and back guide insertible within a fold of the work and adapted to press such work upon the feed member and having an edgesurface affording a back guide adapted to be positioned adjacent to the stitch forming mechanism, said edge surface provided with a recess and a pusher engageable with the work opposite to the back guide to push such work out of line with the stitch forming mechamsm.

5. A sewing machine having a work plate, stitch forming mechanism, work feeding means including a driven feed member, a guide member constituting a combined presser foot and back guide insertible within a fold of the work and adapted for movement across the workplate into and out of operative position above the work feed member and adapted when positioned above said feed member, to press the work thereon, said guide member having an edge surface affording a back guide adapted to be positioned adjacent to the stitch forming mechanism whensaid guide member is positioned above the feed member, and a pusher engageable with the work oppositeto the back guide and adapted to push such work out of line with the stitch forming mechanism.

6. A sewing machine having a work plate, stitch forming mechanism, work feeding means including a driven feed member, a guide member constituting a combined presser foot and back guide insertible within a fold of the work and capable of operation to press the Work upon the feed memher and to guide such work past the stitch forming mechanism, manually controlled means operable to press such combined presser foot and back guide toward the feed member to press the work thereupon, and a pusher engageable with the Work. opposite to said combined presser foot and back guide and adapted to push the work out of line with the stitch forming mechanism.

7. A sewing machine having a work plate, stitch forming mechanism, work feeding means including a driven feed member, a combined presser foot and back guide movable across the work plate into and out of operative position above the feed member and capable of operation, when positioned above the feed member, to press the work thereon and to guide such work past the stitch forming mechanism, manually controlled means for moving the combined presser foot and back guide across the work plate into and out of operative position above the feed member, and a pusher engageable with the work opposite to the combined presser footand back guide and adapted to push the work out of line with the stitch forming mechanism.

8. A sewing machine having a work plate, stitch forming mechanism, a driven work feeding member engageable with the work to feed the same, an auxiliary guide extended above the work plate, a combined presser foot and back guide insertible within a fold of the work and adapted to be 'positioned between the auxiliary guide and said feed member to press the work thereupon, and manually controlled means for pressing said combined presser foot and back guide toward said feed member to press the work upon the same.

9. A sewing machine having a work plate, stitch forming mechanism, a driven work feeding member engageable with the work to feed the same, an auxiliary guide extended above the work plate, a combined presser foot and back guide insertible within a fold of the work and adapted to be operatively positioned between the feed member and said auxiliary guide to press the work upon said feed member and to guide such work past the stitch forming mechanism, manually controlled means for moving the combined presser foot and back guide toward said feed member to press the work thereupon,

said combined presser foot and back guide being recessed opposite to the stitch forming mechanism, and a pusher engageable with the work opposite to said combined presser foot and back guide and capable of operation to push the work into the recess thereof out of line with the stitch forming mechanism.

10. A sewing machine having a work plate, stitch forming mechanism, a driven work feeding member engageable with the work to feed the same, a combined presser foot and back guide adapted for movement across the work plate into and out of operative position above the feed member, and adapted, when positioned above said feed member, to guide such work past the stitch work to feed the same, an auxiliary-guide,

extended above the work plate, a combined presser foot and back guide insertible-within a fold of the work and capable of movement across the work plate into and out of operative position between said auxiliar guide and" the feed member, and adapte when operatively positioned between said auxiliary guide and feed member, topress the Work into feeding engagement with said feed member and to guidesuch work past the stitch forming mechanism, and .manually' controlled means for moving said combined presser foot and back guide across the work plate into and out of operative position between said feed member and auxiliary guide, said means being also adapted to move said combined presser foot and back guide toward the feed member to press the work into 35 'feeding engagement therewith when said combined presser foot and back guide is operatively positioned above said feed member.

12. A sewing machine having a work plate, stitch forming mechanism, work feedmg means including a driven feed member, a combined presser foot and back guide insertible within a fold of the work and movable across the work plate into and out of operative position above the feed member and adapted, when positioned above the feed member, to press the work thereon and to guide such work past the stitch forming mechanism, and an auxiliary guide positioned .above said combined presser foot and back guide and adapted to press the work thereon.

13. A sewing machine having a work plate, stitch forming mechanism, workv feeding meansincluding ajdriven feed member,

a combined presser foot and back guide adapted for movement across the work plate intoand out of operative position above said feed member, and adapted, when positioned above the feed member, to press.

the work thereon and to guide such work past the stitch forming mechanism, manually cont-rolled means for moving said combined presser foot and back guide across the work plate into and out of operative posit on above the feed member, and a yielding guide engageable with the work opposite to said a combined presser foot and back guide and adapted to direct the work along the same.

14. A sewing machine having a work plate, stitch forming mechanism, work feedlng-means including a driven feed member, a combined presser foot and back guide adapted for movement across the work plate I into and out of operative position above said feed member, and adapted when positioned above the feed member, to press the work thereon and to guide such work past the stitch forming mechanism, a pusher engageable with the work opposite to said com- 1 bined presser foot and back guide and adapted to push the work out of line with the stitch forming mechanism, and a yieldi-ng guide engageable with the work 0 posite to said combined presser foot and ack guide and ada ted to direct such work along the same to said pusher. 4

In witness whereof 'I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two subscribing .w1tnesses.

, JEHU o. MOORE. Witnesses J. D..COPLINGER, A. F. CoN vnrr. 

